Flood toll subsiding as Kaw crest passes Kansas City
The flood crest on the Kaw River moved downstream into Missouri while the Big Muddy overflow eased. Levees broke in Kansas and towns faced devastation as floods swept into Eastern Colorado, Nebraska and Southern Kansas. Red Cross tallies report 124 dead, 536 homes destroyed, 2,423 seriously damaged, and 4,293 families affected.
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Kansas City
Kaw
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Red “Cross
Wilson Held Terrorized Brunswick in Shooting Threats
Deputy Sheriff and a large crowd confronted Wilson as he terrorized the Brunswick area with threats to shoot. He was subdued with handcuffs after becoming troublesome following jail remand and admitted serving eight years in a Frog Hollow slaying with possible links to another Virginia shooting.
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Harvey F. Wilson
Jim
Smith
Wilson
Admitts
West Virginia
Dry weather hinders Topeka navy maneuvers in flood
In Topeka Kansas Admiral Frank Sturgis could not locate the flagship as flood waters rose. A speed boat and a damaged rowboat rested on the river floor and on the Kaw respectively, indicating disrupted naval activity amid flood conditions. In Huntsville Texas Albert Carr was executed in the electric chair for assaulting a white woman.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Frank Sturgis
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Kaw River
Huntsville
Tex
Albert Carr
Houston
Itching Toes Offer for Athlete's Foot Relief
An ad promotes Emerald OIL as a treatment for Athlete's Foot with itchy toes, blisters, and discharge. It claims instant relief and clear infection in ten days to two weeks, sold at drug stores including Cauffman's Cut Rate and Peoples Service Drug Stores with a money back guarantee.
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Cauffman
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Succumbs to Malta Fever and Other Local Deaths
Obituary notice of Leland Earle Corbett former Navy chief commissary steward dying Memorial Day from Malta fever buried in Detroit with family survivors. Also reports of Charles Lemon of Boonsboro death at 70, A D Phetteplace of Hagerstown death at 58, and William Edward Davis of Aldridge Station age 68 with families listed. John W Cordell dies in Marion age 69 with surviving relatives.
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Leland Earle Corbett
U. S Navy
Annie M
George Corbett
Hancock
Detroit
Mich
Malta
William Edward Davis
Aldridge Station
Charles Town
John Davis
Weverton
John W. Cordell
Marion
Herbert Swope
Hagerstown
May Davis
Card of Thanks for Eyler and Godar
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of Mrs. M. H. Eyler and for flowers and car use. They also thank everyone for sympathy, floral tributes, and telegrams after the death of Austin C. Godar. Adv. Mrs. Jennie Godar and Family.
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M. H. Eyler
Husband
Austin C. Godar
Jennie Godar
Adv
Delaware hangings repeat a grim 1928 drama
A white mother Mrs Carey and her son Howard Carey faced the gallows in a Delaware prison after a murder plot to kill Hitchens for an insurance payoff. The two read their Bibles together and received last rites from clergymen before execution. The case drew mercy pleas, but Chief Justice Layton upheld the death sentence. A reader notice follows about a rummage sale.
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Frederick Whitney
Howard
St. George’s Cemetery
Frankford
Myra Carey
Hitchens
Omar
Del
James
Daniel Layton
Delaware
Sarah Jane Bradley
Machine Gun Trio Die In Chair Today
A gang linked to the Needham robbery killed Patrolman Frank C. Waddock during a high speed escape. The trio including Faber and the Millens also admitted two other killings in Fitchburg and Lynn, plus theft of state police gear.
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Needham
Frank C. Waddock
McLeod
Morton
Boston
Faber
Millens
Fitchburg
Ernest W. Clark
Clark
Kiwanians Report On International Convention Highlights
Kiwanis Club progress and the San Antonio convention were shared by President Donovan Beachley at a Hotel Alexander luncheon. Dr William J Carrington outlined government questions and Kiwanis service to underprivileged youth, noting Hoover and Roosevelt efforts, with entertainment from the Mexico City Band and Oklahoma City groups. Local attendees included President and Mrs Beachley and Vice President and Mrs Miller.
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Kiwanis Clubs
San Antonio
Texas
Donovan Beachley
Kiwanig Club
Hotel Alexander
United States
Canada
William J. Carrington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Mexico City
Oklahoma City
Glee Club
Leo H. Miller
Hartford Man Hitchhikes 50 Miles to Save Court Fine
Edward P. Hayes of Hartford faced speeding charges after riding a hitchhike nearly 50 miles to Bridgeport court to reduce costs. The clerk asked his amount of money and Hayes replied ten dollars. The judge offered to split the amount, noting the financial strain of fines.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Edward P. Hayes
Hartford
Patience Proves Costly in Auto Towing Case
In Philadelphia, S F Hansell fought 41st tow after 40 impounds for illegal parking. Court official freed his car, waiving fines and fees. Also reported are divorce filings: Edna F Walters seeks divorce from Jacob H Walters. Lena G Barkdoll seeks divorce from Joseph B Barkdoll.
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Philadelphia
S. F. Hansell
Hansell
Jacob Dogole
Edna F. Walters
John J. Alien
Jacob H. Walters
Lena G. Barkdoll
Grace Rebecca Gerber Silverberg
Joseph B. Barkdoll
Stock Quotations From Stein Bros and McComas Armatrong
Quotations list from Stein Bros and Boyes McComas Armatrong Building. Includes stock prices, market movements, and closing figures for major securities.
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Stein Bros. & Boyes McComas-Armatrong Building
Quizzing Pair Sought in Montana Case Involving Kidnap Suspects
The tale centers on a tan sedan speeding toward Missoula as two Umatilla deputies pursue kidnap suspects. Reports from Sheriff Rapp of Sand Point Idaho link Bailey and Johnstone to Perma and a black sedan with three men. Government agents had warned Puget Sound families and 12 households for six months. details include blankets used to wrap the boy and a laughing woman seen at the house.
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Page Ij
Umatilla County
W. D. Rapp
Sand Point
Idaho
Keegan
Bailey
Johnstone
Perma
Rapp
Sam Latum
Missoula
Mont
Spokane
Nathan
Seattle
Puget Sound
Department of Justice
Milk Control Commission Opens Without Funds
Baltimore report states the new milk control commission has no funds for about 45 days until the one cent tax per hundred pounds of milk begins. Gov. Harry W Nice advanced money from the contingent fund for current expenses. The office staff is limited to the chairman’s private secretary, C Wilbur Miller. Helen Wills Moody advances to the next round at Weybridge with a 6 1 6 4 win over Billy Yorke in the St Georges Hill tournament.
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Milk Control Commission
Lantess
Harry W. Nice
D. G. Harry
Commission
C.wilbur Miller
Helen
Weybridge
Eng
Helen Wills Moody
St. George's Hill
Billy Yorke
England
Alder man brushes off traffic summons fixers
Waukegan Illinois June 7 alderman William Fuller dismissed a heckling unidentified critic then glanced at his car showing a windscreen parking summons. He replied I will pay as a passerby noted the card on the windshield. A brief dispute over enforcement ends with the pledge to handle it.
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Waukegan, Ill
William Fuller
Windebield
Knights of Pythias Memorial Service in Sharpsburg
Magnolia Lodge No. 64 Knights of Pythias will hold memorial services for deceased members at Mountain View cemetery Sharpsburg Sunday at 4 30 p m Music by the Keedysville band and Sharpsburg Lutheran choir Speakers Rev Addison Groff and Rev M A Ash Boonsboro All lodge members in the county invited
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Magnolia Lodge
Knights Pythias
Sharpsburg
Mountain View Cemetery
Keedysville
Lutheran Choir of
Speskera
Addison Groff
M. A. Ash
Boonsboro
K. of P. Lodge
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